Category Archive: Life in Australia

Deaths in Australia from Wildlife

Many people say that Australia has the most dangerous creatures in the world, there are stories of spiders as big as your hand, or bigger, some as big as a dinner plate, but just how dangerous are they?

Spiders: Between 1955 and 2016, there have been 3 deaths from spider bites, that is about 1 every 20 years.

Snakes: During the fourteen years 2000 to 2013 there were 27 deaths from snake bites, that is almost 2 per year.

Australia is a reasonably well off country, with quite good social services and welfare resources. However, the country still has a number of homeless people, although normally about 90% of the official number actually have somewhere to live. This accommodation may not be ideal, or with long term security. Living with friends and relatives is the most common form of Homelessness for young people.